Brave New World Project—Create Your Own Utopia

Overview: As an extensionof the novel Brave New World, you will be creating a "utopian" society with a partner. The society presented in our story is a fictional account of a futuristic totalitarian community that has arisenmany years after the devastation of the "9 Years War," almostwiped out Earth and allhumanity. YOUR society does not have to start this way. This is your opportunity to be creative!

Assignment: It is 2540 A.D. and you have been selected to apply to be one of the new World Controllers. In order to secure the job, you must design a society that will meet the basic needs of its members while maintaining order. You must determine what to do with dissidents; how information will be disseminated; how you will keep their citizens in their proper places; what occupations your citizens will have; how citizens' basic needs for food, shelter, clean air and water, medical care, clothing, etc. will be met; and whether or not (and how) you will control the size of the population. You must persuade the committee that selected you that your utopia will work so that your ideas will be implemented and you will be selected for the job.

Proposal Format: Your presentation should be in the format of a pamphlet/brochure, Google Slides or Prezi.

Assignment Value: This assignment is worth 50 points

Due Date: End of class on Friday

Create a Utopian Society – The following requirements must be demonstrated through pictures, short paragraphs, bullet points, testimonials, etc.

I.Give it a name

  1. Choose a creative and appropriate name to represent the society. Explain whythe name was chosen. Also explain how your society began.

II.Declaration of Independence

  1. States reasons for the creation of the new society. Language is appropriate for a formal government statement.

III.Society Motto

  1. Create a motto that the inhabitants of the society will follow. Explain how the motto is significant to the inhabitants of the society.

IV.List of Rules

  1. Create a list of 10 rules (like the hypnopaedic phrases in the book) that the inhabitants of the society will follow. They must be rules to live by.

V.Governing Body/Education/Economy

  1. Create a governing body that will control the society. How will the society make its decisions? How will it be structured?

VI. The Society’s “Religion”/Rituals/Traditions

  1. In what does the society believe? Why do they believewhat they do?
  2. It cannot be like any ONE of our religions now, but it can be a combination of some. There must be some creative aspect (like Fordism)

VII.Class Distinction

  1. How are people in the society differentiated? Why are they separated in the manner that they are?

VIII.Daily Itinerary:

  1. Outlines a complete, time-based schedule of daily events. Activities clearly align with the beliefs of the society.
  1. Conditioning and Conformity
  2. What makes the inhabitants follow the rules? What makes them want to be part of the society?

*The links to any pictures you use from the internet should be posted at the end of the presentation.